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THE PRESTON HOLLOW LIFESTYLE DECEMBER 2021

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6 CLICKWORTHY All the web news 10 PROFILE Chef Clayton Kahler Brown 14 GO GREEN Planting at NorthPark takes time 16 REAL RIDERS More than just a bike shop 18 DINING Rise soufflés 22 ’TIS THE SEASON A gift guide

Hedda Gioia Dowd curates and sells French items through her business, Antique Harvest. Read more on page 18. Photography by Kathy Tran.

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celebrity news Former President George Bush joined Barack Obama and Bill Clinton to promote a project honoring Medal of

Honor

recipients.

In a video, Bush asked Americans for support in

Galleria on ice: Olympics edition

creating a National Medal

Olympic figure skaters will put on shows at The Galleria for a good

Medal of Honor is the

cause. On Dec. 5 and Dec. 12, Kaitlyn Weaver, Andrew Poje and Mirai Nagasu will perform to benefit Bryan’s House and the Lakewood Early

of Honor Museum. The highest military honor in the United States.

Childhood PTA. Attendees can get a pod, which seats four to six people,

Mark Cuban was inducted

for $150.

into the Texas Business

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Hall of Fame on Oct. 28. Cuban stuck his name on a

pharmaceutical

company,

“If you can change how somebody eats, you’re actually changing how they think.”

Mark

drug Cuban

Cost Plus Drug Company, earlier this year. Lyda Hill will be honored by the Oak Cliff Lions Club on Dec. 8 during a luncheon at Tyler Street Church. She is a granddaughter of

— HEDDA GIOIA DOWD, THE FOUNDER OF RISE. READ MORE ABOUT THE RESTAURANT ON PAGE 18.

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oil magnate H.L. Hunt.

Breads & Bagels Sclafani’s

New York

Bagels

and

Breads is scheduled to open in our neighborhood January 2022. The bakery will be located at 6135 Luther Lane in Preston Center. Its founder

SPORTS ROUNDUP The Hockaday School and St. Mark’s School of Texas participated in the Southwest Preparatory

is Chris Sclafani, whose family has

Conference championships.

been baking for generations.

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ending a 13-year losing streak. n

pro boxing debut Deron Williams, a former Dallas Mavericks

player

and

three-time

NBA All-Star, will fight in his first professional boxing match Dec. 18. Our neighbor will face off against Frank Gore, an NFL running back, in a match on the Jake Paul-Tommy Fury

In volleyball, Hockaday won the tournament,

St. Mark’s also swept the volleyball tournament,

beating Trinity Valley School 3-2 to win. n

Hockaday’s cross-country team won second in

the 5-kilometer race. n

St. Mark’s won the cross-country meet with a

team score of 51. Sahil Dodda finished second overall with a time of 15:28.4. Search “sports” at prestonhollow.advocatemag.com for more.

undercard. Williams, who is a part owner of the Fortis MMA gym in Deep Ellum, is six inches taller than Gore. But both athletes are contractually limited to weighing no more than 215 pounds for the fight. The Showtime pay-per-view event begins at 8 p.m. Search “Deron Williams” at prestonhollow.advocatemag.com for more.

WE CAN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT... The Street family celebrated the 10th anniversary of Liberty Burger on Forest Lane last month. Mariel Street founded the restaurant in 2001, and there are now five locations in the Dallas area. Search “Liberty Burger” at prestonhollow.advocatemag.com for more. DECEMBER 2021

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Highrise & shine An anticipated development is finally underway in Preston Hollow. Story by CHRISTINA HUGHES BABB

s Dallas emerged in fits and starts from COVID-19 shutdowns, workers broke ground on one of our city’s biggest, most-anticipated real estate ventures of the post-pandemic era — a glassy, tree-lined, $75 million double-highrise mixed-use development at 8111 Douglas. The Lincoln Property Company project sits on land owned by Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, and it is several bumpy years in the making. The rest should be smooth sailing, the developers report. Construction began last May and is slated to wrap Feb. 28, 2023, according to architects HKS.

BACKSTORY This thing has come a long way since 2016, when erstwhile Dallas Morning News columnist and Preston Hollow resident Robert Wilonsky broke news that Saint Michael planned to build an office tower and parking garage on a piece of vacant land adjacent to Preston Center. He wrote that the announcement was “as close to fightin’ words as you can get in Preston Hollow.” Wilonsky explained that despite Preston Center’s fiscal potential, his neighbors would prefer to see “little, no or very, very slow change.” The previous year, a Preston Hollow Task Force had formed to study problems and the opportunities in the neighborhood and to develop a “consensus vision that could provide a road map for future development initiatives,” according to a notice from former Council District 13 representative Jennifer Staubach Gates. The task force quickly concluded Preston Center had “more potential for economic development than (had) been realized.” Yet task force members voiced concern

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when they learned of the 8111 Douglas plans. For one thing, as Gates noted, “area residents have opposed most redevelopment proposals because of concerns over traffic congestion and commercial encroachment on their neighborhoods." Also, former mayor and task force member Laura Miller criticized Saint Michael for keeping the project from the committee during early planning stages. “When a project of this magnitude has been worked on the whole time the task force has been in existence and no one told us about it, it makes me wonder if at the end of the day we’ll have a meaningful outcome,” Miller told The News in 2016. The church and land developers would need City Council support for rezoning the four or so acres before the project could proceed, so they would ultimately work within guidelines set forth by the force. Saint Michael, which has been at 8011 Douglas since 1948, began shopping for a land developer after church officials learned that their tenant Episcopal School of Dallas would be relocating, which would mean losing monthly income generated by that rent. The church’s Campus Planning Committee in 2015 “felt obligated to consider the long-term stewardship of the church’s property and the excess land to the north of the main campus,” according to a December 2015 Saint Michael newsletter. It indicated that the property was acquired in two parcels over the past decade for approximately $12 million. An office building would be consistent with the church’s “strategic needs” for covered parking and “an air-conditioned sky bridge,” according to the newsletter. And it would generate funds that would further its mission to “be disciples of Christ.” The church teamed up with developer

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Lincoln Property in 2018. "It has taken a significant commitment of time and money to accommodate the task force recommendations,” Lincoln Property Executive Vice President John Walter said in a statement that year, “but we believe the new result will be worth it.” The City of Dallas approved rezoning based on task-force-sanctioned plans in February 2020. THE LATEST Today at 8111 Douglas, the aroma of asphalt fills the air as work on a parking lot gets underway. According to Saint Michael’s blog, phase two of the project, expected to last about six weeks, began Nov. 1. Landscapers planted a row of young live oak trees in late October. The church reported the big freeze of 2021 devastated much of the property’s greenery, which they are replenishing. The finished project will encompass approximately 518,841 square feet. Each of two towers runs approximately 225,000 square feet, capped at a predefined residential proximity slope, “to protect the sight line of the nearby neighborhood,” according to a FAQ sheet supplied by Lincoln Property. Lincoln Property will relocate its headquarters to one of the 12-story towers when complete. The corporation, moving from McKinney Avenue near Klyde Warren Park, will occupy 59,000 square feet. Another 26,500 square feet of one 12-story building will house Sewell Automotive. Almost 7,000 square feet of the ground floor will go to a to-be-determined restaurant or restaurants including a patio and an acre or so of green space. The church reports that some recreational space will be dedicated to its farmers market. The project includes 130 “ultra luxury” apartment units zoned to Highland Park ISD. The Advocate requested interviews with both LPC and Saint Michael. The church referred us to LPC, who provided a FAQ sheet. "The development is projected to bring hundreds of millions worth of new value to the City of Dallas, Dallas County and Highland Park ISD tax rolls,” according to the sheet, which is available on the Lincoln Property website. Saint Michael rector Christopher D. Girata has said the 8111 Douglas project will allow the church to be “future focused” and that revenue generated from this lease will help the church support the surrounding community. “This initiative will activate and energize our parish in new ways,” he says.

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CLEF CHEF Clayton Kahler Brown’s opus blends cooking and singing Interview by RENEE UMSTED | Photography by JESSICA TURNER

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Clayton Kahler Brown learned how to cook from professional chefs in New York.

layton Kahler Brown lives two doors down from his childhood home in Melshire Estates, where his parents still reside. They let him build a garden in their yard, and he grows vegetables and plenty of herbs. He says he’s happy to be building his business, Crescendo Culinary, in Dallas, but it’s sometimes weird to be back in the neighborhood. After all, he couldn’t wait to leave town when he graduated from Hillcrest. As a kid, Brown liked to bike around the neighborhood and play catch with the other kids. When his grandfather came to visit from California, they would walk to the fire station on Nuestra Drive. In school, he played sports — baseball, golf, wrestling and more — and he discovered a talent for singing, which he pursued in college. Eventually, it took him to New York City. He has performed in more than 20 operas and musicals ranging from Brahms’ Requiem to Into The Woods and received an encouragement award from Chautauqua Opera, the fourth-oldest American opera company. It was also in New York where he found a love for cooking. After a decade, he returned to Texas to start his company. Crescendo Culinary combines Brown’s talents. He provides two services: preparing weekly meals for clients, and catering and entertaining at private parties. As of publication, he could take on three more weekly clients and was eager to use the rest of his time to cater and entertain.

on the Roof. It was the first musical I ever did. And I fell in love with singing, and I fell in love with performing. I knew that I wanted to pursue that. I attended a summer camp at Oklahoma City University, where I met Florence Birdwell, who is the Kelli O’Hara, Kristen Chenoweth teacher. I knew that I wanted to study with her and ended up going there for my undergrad and had a fantastic education. WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO AUDITION FOR FIDDLER ON THE ROOF?

I had seen it as a child. I remember really enjoying it. And I thought, “heck, I’ll just audition for it.” I auditioned for it, got the lead role, and the rest is history. I did a production at Hillcrest, and then I ended up doing another production at Oklahoma City University where I was Perchik, not Tevye. WHEN DID YOU FIRST START SINGING?

I grew up singing in the church choir from the age of 3 or 4 years old. I wasn’t the kind of kid that sang at home. I had no idea I could sing, and I got a solo. I got up and sang in front of everyone at the church, and my mom freaked out, just started bawling. I didn’t have a voice lesson until I went to college.

WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GREW UP?

OF THE PERFORMANCES YOU’VE DONE, WHAT HAVE BEEN YOUR FAVORITES?

I wanted to do something in advertising. I wanted to make commercials for Nike or anything big. And then I realized very quickly, you can have the best education and go to all the best places and wind up doing ads for a sun tanning booth in the back of a newspaper. It wasn’t until my junior year when I was Tevye in Fiddler

Fiddler on the Roof is still my favorite musical. One of my favorite roles that I have ever done is Billis in South Pacific because it’s such a character role. I really, really love diving into character roles. But I’ve also had the opportunity to do opera. And I’ve got to perform Italian opera in Tuscany. DECEMBER 2021

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Garam masala chicken with rice is a favorite dish among Brown’s clients.

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN NERVOUS BEFORE A PERFORMANCE?

I specifically remember doing a production of The Ballad of Baby Doe at Oklahoma City University, and I had the lead role, Tabor. I remember being in the wings and being super calm. It was a dress rehearsal. And I went out and I completely forgot my lines. It taught me a valuable lesson that it’s important to feel those butterflies. It’s important to feel that energy that people call nervousness and to use that to your advantage to keep you alert and awake and keep you moving yourself forward. WHAT HAPPENED AFTER YOU GRADUATED FROM OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY?

I decided to go to Manhattan School of Music and study with Ron Raines because I knew that I didn’t have the technique to sustain an eight-show-a-week schedule. He taught me how to sing in a healthy way, to where I’d be able to maintain my voice for long periods of time without getting tired. AND THEN WHAT?

I immediately got a church choir job. Church choir work in New

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York City could have its own union. And I sang there 10 years. That connected me with all the different singers in New York. I did a lot of work with St. Petersburg Opera in Florida. I did work with Charlottesville Opera in Virginia. And I would do concert work, and in between I would bartend. I did bartending for private chefs, private parties, which is the best way to bartend in New York, because at most you have 50 or 60 clients. That connected me with private chefs, and then I started to do kitchen prep with them. I learned how to hold a knife and not chop my fingers off. I learned how to prepare meals and prepare things efficiently. That got me very interested in cooking and took me into all five boroughs going to local markets. HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT BARTENDING?

One of my other really good friends in New York City, Jake Greenberg, another composer. I’m friends with composers because they’re a little bit more intellectual. And I like nerds. I started singing some of Jake’s music. I would go over to Jake’s house, and we would hang out; he had this beautiful bar setup. And he would make me cocktails. Before I met Jake, I was drinking Jameson. I had Jameson and Coke. And he showed me the entire world of different cocktails.

WHAT WAS IT LIKE BEING IN NEW YORK CITY AT THE START OF THE PANDEMIC?

I was in rehearsal for Verdi’s Requiem. We were about to start our first rehearsal, and it shut down. We had no idea what was going on. Early March, we got word that something was happening and that there was going to be food shortages or something. My buddy Jake and I went to Costco and got a bunch of food and stocked our freezers. When things locked down, I don’t think I left the apartment. We didn’t know what was going on. We just remember looking at the news and seeing bodies piling into semi trucks and being taken away. We thought it could go through the air ducts. I think I kept my windows open 24/7. Luckily, I had roof access, and that’s how I would get sun.

my full size mattress in there. First, I’ll go to Palo Duro State Canyon Park, and I’ll spend the night there. And then I go to a place in New Mexico, in Santa Fe. Then I make my way over to Colorado. I camp around Colorado, and I see my sister. When things were paused during the pandemic, I took a lot of time to do that. That’s when I was alone and hiking in the woods, where I was able to have the silence to be able to just cook with fire and cook for myself, where I was like, I think I want to do this in Dallas. I think I want to pursue cooking for people, and I can be a private chef. I like cooking for clients in their homes. And I like bringing people together for a party and not having to be in the back in the kitchen. I’m a performer. You get me as a cook, a singer and a personality. HOW DID YOU DECIDE ON A NAME?

HOW WAS THE TRANSITION OF MOVING BACK TO TEXAS?

For the longest time I felt like I was failing, leaving New York. I was like, what’s wrong? Why don’t I have the pocket to be able to stay here and ride the storm out? But I just didn’t. I’m so happy that I’m here. Building a company in New York City is very different, obviously, from building a company in Texas. Here in Texas, it’s just not as expensive … The pandemic really showed us just how fragile the performing industry is. It depends on an audience, and an audience that can’t sit six feet apart. You have to fill a house just to be able to break even with a lot of these shows. I just don’t think this is going to be the last pandemic. Hopefully the last of our lifetime, but I mean, probably not. And I can’t imagine building a career on the stage to have it taken away again. It’ll always come back, of course, but I guess I’m just thankful that I’m building a business where I get to make money doing the things I love, which is cooking and singing. And I’m not necessarily dependent on bartending and stage work to pay the bills.

I knew that the backbone of my work would be prep for weekly meals. But I also wanted to cater, and I wanted to provide the entire experience of food and entertainment. Crescendo is a musical term that means to grow. And I like to think that starts with me sauteeing onions or boiling water to me performing and singing at the end, to eating, celebration, drink and cheer.

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DO YOU PICK THE SONGS YOU SING?

I do, but I am 110% open to people. If somebody wants to hear a song by Garth Brooks or James Taylor, I’m happy to learn the music and perform that kind of music. I’ve sung a wide variety of things from Italian opera in Tuscany to traveling around with Wynton Marsalis in the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Jazz, musical theater, opera, country, folk songs — I do it all. WHAT’S ONE KITCHEN TOOL YOU CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT?

HOW DID YOU DECIDE TO START CRESCENDO CULINARY?

Chef ’s knife. I’ve got a really cool one. It’s a 67-layer, Damascus steel knife. And I love having my Google assistant so that I can tell it things, I can ask things, and it can play Vulfpeck while I cook.

Whenever I get the chance, I travel. I have an old ’95 pickup truck with a camper topper on the back, and I’ll put

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SAME ROOTS NorthPark Center’s landscape designer continues a legacy

Story by RENEE UMSTED | Photography by JESSICA TURNER

BY THE NUMBERS:

Number of planters on each floor: 300 Times per year the interior landscape changes: 4 People involved with landscaping: 18-20 Plant species on display: 30-50

WHEN BILLY ROBERTS WAS A TEENAGER, he used to help his grandmother in her garden. He spent time with her, watching her work and learning about plants. He saw their uniqueness and how they interact with each other. At the same time, he was developing a growing interest in design. While at Louisiana State University, he decided to take an introduction to landscape architecture class. “Immediately I was hooked,” he says. “I found a creative outlet that combined two aspects that enthralled me at the time: plants and design.” Though creative activities and craftsmanship had always appealed to Roberts, landscape architecture still showed “a whole other world” when he first learned about it. By incorporating living features, he found a way to shape a given space, a new way design could affect viewers’ mood and behavior. After graduating from LSU with a degree in landscape architecture, he became a professional landscape architect. He started working at Mesa Design Group in Dallas in 2004, and his first project was helping with the landscape master plan for the expansion of NorthPark Center. Since the shopping center was established in 1965 by real estate developer Raymond Nasher, landscaping has gone hand-in-hand with fine art. In Roberts’ introduction to NorthPark, he was seeing not just a landscape design concept decades in the making, but possibilities of what could come, possibilities he had the opportunity to mold. As he worked alongside Judy Cunningham — who was selected by Nasher and his wife, Patsy, to head the design — Roberts realized what makes NorthPark different.

“Everything has to be executed with excellence, intention and a level of craftsmanship that rivals most artisans,” he says. “Detail is everything.” Cunningham, who died in September, showed Roberts how interior planting design could be a form of art. For the past eight years, they collaborated on projects at NorthPark. And now he has stepped into her former role, happy to continue her legacy. This fall, he oversaw the unloading of two semi trailers full of pumpkins, just like Cuninngham used to spread 80,000 pounds of pumpkins and gourds throughout the mall. Plans are made a year in advance because that’s how long it takes to gather all plants needed for each season. Sometimes, the team selects individual plants from growers or nurseries that can deliver high-quality products. Designs for different seasons may call for specific plants grown for color or features. Plus, after a concept is developed, items may change throughout the design and procurement processes. Timing sometimes poses a challenge for Roberts. At any moment, he and his team may be installing a design, creating a new design and finding plants for different seasons and years. That means focusing on the current installation can be difficult. He won’t say what’s coming next for NorthPark’s landscaping, but to continue surprising neighbors, formulating new ideas is crucial. “Inspiration has many layers. It can be influenced by a phrase from a book you are reading, a documentary that you are watching or a place you are visiting,” he says. “I think inspiration comes from a continuous desire to explore coupled with an insatiable curiosity.”

SEEING IS BELIEVING

Don’t miss these sights on your next visit

CANDY SANTA & PECAN REINDEER

This installation, which has been a part of the holiday season at NorthPark since 1965, includes real pecans, almonds, red and black licorice, marshmallows, sour cherries, raisins and other candy. See it on level one in Neiman Marcus Court.

THE HANUKKAH MENORAH

Follow along each night with Chabad of Dallas’ display, located on level one between Burberry and Louis Vuitton.

THE COLOR CONDITION

See this holiday installation exploring color, pattern and movement, in the trees of CenterPark.

LEGO SANTA

A six-foot Santa Claus, which took two master builders 180 hours to create, stands on level one near Zara.

PAPER FOR WATER ORIGAMI ORNAMENTS

Dallas-based nonprofit Paper for Water handcrafted these ornaments on display on level one in Neiman Marcus Court.

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TREADING FOR PROGRESS Preston Hollow Bicycles wants to change the industry Story by RENEE UMSTED Photography by YUVIE STYLES

here’s a Miyata road bike in the window at Preston Hollow Bicycles. It’s made of steel and clearly old; Miyatas aren’t even sold in the United States anymore. But when Jason Henry got it in college, he thought it was “cool.” It was inexpensive, but worked as a racing bike, and Henry rode it in his first competitions.

“When you become a cyclist, whether you compete or not, you spend a lot of time on your bike,” he says. “You get this relationship with the item, and I have a relationship with that bike. We spent time together. It sounds kind of strange, but it’s really why a lot of people get connected to their equipment.” Henry has been riding bikes for

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decades, but he opened the bike shop just over three years ago. Bikes brought him to a career in the restaurant industry, which instilled a commitment to customer service. He started waiting tables to pick up extra cash to pay for races, usually in Texas and Louisiana. By the time he stopped racing competitively, he had progressed up the ranks and become a manager. “It wasn’t necessarily something I was passionate about. It was just something I was good at,” he says. “I think I enjoyed the service aspect of it the most, and getting to know people and take care of people and making that connection.” He spent 28 years in the industry, working for companies such as Flavor Hook, the group DECEMBER 2021

behind Neighborhood Services and Montlake Cut, and now-closed The Grape on Greenville Avenue. He, his wife Heather, and daughter Helena, accepted the working hours required of a restaurant manager and have lived in Preston Hollow seven years. When Henry had the opportunity to open a business of his own, he knew he didn’t want it to be a restaurant. Heather had a background in coffee shops, but Jason didn’t. Having been in the neighborhood for a while, they considered what was missing. Heather suggested they open a bike shop. “And I was like, ‘It’s funny you s a y t h a t . I wo u l d h a ve n eve r thought of that, but I’m not saying ‘no’ to that,’” he says. Figuring out the details took a few years. They landed on a spot

Left: Jason Henry keeps his old Miyata bike in the window at Preston Hollow Bicycles. Right: The store sells, services and repairs bikes.

on West Northwest Highway near Lemmon Avenue. It wasn’t their first choice, but with about 3,000 square feet, it was large enough to fit the inventory. Henry saw nearby Bachman Lake as an “untapped resource” and thought a bike shop would draw more cyclists to the area. It was also the last space to be leased at The Shops at Bluffview, so the landlord gave him a good deal. Henry initially saw the unfinished space without a floor as a benefit, a way to customize the shop to his and his partners’ specific needs. Construction ended up being a chore, but they were happy with the result. Another early challenge was filling up the shop with about 6,000 products in a weekend. While stocking the store, he was

also taking inventory and learning a new point-of-sale system. The pandemic made business boom for Preston Hollow Bicycles. Henry had been working part-time in restaurants to help support the shop financially and thought it would have to close permanently. He was wrong. Henry and his staff had to work seven days a week for more than a year to handle the influx of customers, whose determination to get a bike sometimes motivated them to purchase incorrect sizes. “We’ll never see this feverish nature of, ‘I’ve got to have this’ in a short amount of time,” he says. “We’re still busy. The industry’s still busy, but it’s residual from just the madness of, everyone had to ride.” The shop services and repairs DECEMBER 2021

almost every kind of bike, even ones it doesn’t sell. But to Henry, what distinguishes his business is customer service. He wants to provide a good experience for people who walk into the shop, but he has a loftier goal in mind, too: changing the nature of the industry. Henry didn’t understand why employees at bike stores never acted like they wanted to help him as a customer, why they didn’t seem to care. He thought he had to open the shop to spark change. Everyone working there helps and respects all customers, especially those new to cycling. “That’s my favorite customer because I’m hoping that they’re going to get a charge out of cycling like I did,” he says. “And if I’m able to facilitate that, that’s job done.” prestonhollow.advocatemag.com

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Opposite: The cranberry champagne soufflé is topped with cranberries and powdered sugar. Above: From the reusable linens to recycled glasses, Rise has shown a commitment to sustainability since it opened.

ABOUT 35 YEARS AGO, Hedda Gioia Dowd started a company called Antique Harvest. She took yearly trips to France, buying vintage linens and silver kitchen and dining pieces from property owners. Americans wanted these high-quality items, and the internet wasn’t around to facilitate commerce. On one 10-hour plane ride back to the United States, Dowd was pondering how her life wasn’t going as smoothly as she hoped. She told the flight attendant she wanted a glass of water and nothing else. “Sometimes in your life, and it hasn’t

happened to me very often, there’s this overwhelming creativity that just takes over you,” Dowd says. “And you know it, and you know it’s going to work as much as you know your name. And there’s just this force that is evident in every sense of it, from the beginning to the end, and that’s what happened to me on that plane.” By the time she landed, she had planned how she would create a restaurant, Rise. She knew everything from which investors she needed to which chef she would ask to head the kitchen. Dowd never expected she’d own a DECEMBER 2021

restaurant, but on the plane, she realized opening one would be “the most natural thing in the world” for her. “Sometimes I think it’s best, really, that you end up doing something you had no training for,” she says. “Fear, to me, is just the most wonderful thing — doing things you know nothing about and surrounding yourself with those who know more than you. Trust, you just have to trust and just jump in.” It took three years to convince Cherif Brahmi to accept the role as executive chef, but Dowd never relented. She knew Brahmi, who began working in the industry at 14 years old, had prestonhollow.advocatemag.com

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to be involved. His culinary talents paired with his calm, thoughtful and business-minded nature made him the obvious choice. When he accepted, Dowd had few requests for the menu. She wanted some family recipes — a cookie by her grandmother, an artichoke sauce by her mother — to be included, as well as 10 savory and 10 sweet soufflés, plus a few items for people who don’t like eggs. Brahmi handled the rest. “As far as me telling him what to do, absolutely not,” Dowd says. “You cannot play heavy handed just because you come up with an idea, think that it’s yours. It’s a ‘we’ situation.” Many doubted a restaurant specializing in soufflés could survive in Dallas, but she didn’t listen. Though she had never owned a restaurant, she had plenty of experience with French food. Dowd can still describe “the most amazing meals” her mother made, dishes whose aroma she could smell as soon as she came home from

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school. Every summer until she was 21, Dowd traveled to France to visit her grandparents. She learned the language and was exposed to a different way of life and a distinct cuisine. Her mother and grandmother cooked savory soufflés often and very well, usually eating them with a salad to make a complete meal. It’s not just the menu at Rise that’s inspired by Dowd’s life. Since opening in Inwood Village in 2008, the restaurant has prioritized environmental sustainability. Dowd witnessed it when she watched her grandmother make soups, and every part of the vegetables were used, either as food or compost. At Rise, when there’s not a pandemic, diners are given linens for napkins and drying their hands. Salt cellars — rather than individual packets — are placed on tables. Water is served in recycled glasses. The open kitchen and community sink are unusual in American eateries, but they’re central elements at Rise and momand-pop restaurants she has visited in France and throughout Europe.

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Don’t let cardboard cartons pile up on your doorstep this holiday season. This list just scratches the surface of Preston Hollow’s robust retail scene. Before you click to buy, try cruising through an IRL shopping site for a gift that’s meaningful in more ways than one. Photography by JESSICA TURNER

Above: Allie + Bess, founded by Ursuline alumna Bess Callarman and Allie Wardlaw, is known for stackable bracelets. Sold either as mix-and-match, curated sets or college stacks, the jewelry runs from $12 to $549. Right: From wine boxes to a gift basket of truffle honey, garlic olive oil, sel du vigneron salt and wine, Trova Wine + Market can create gifts packaged and prepared for pick-up.

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Musician and neighbor Clay Pendergrass’ Longear album is a collage of genres and collaboration. Released by Clay Sounds last year, “psychedelic, funk, pop, noise, ambient, electronic, Tex-Mex and flute rock” genres are all featured. It’s a combination of original songs, a New Bohemians cover, a church hymn and the national anthem. Created with New Orleansbased producer Danny Kadar, the album was made over the course of several years with tracks being sent back and forth virtually.

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Orphan Outreach Marketplace, a nonprofit that serves orphaned vulnerable children around the world, sells artisanal, hand-crafted Guatemalan products. The tassel and beaded coin pouches come in a variety of colors and run about $26.

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Opened in 2020, Eataly’s massive selection of Italian goods ranges from cheese to vintage wines. Fontanafredda Barolo Serralunga d’Alba is from Italy’s Piedmont region near the Swiss Alps. Produced from the Nebbiolo grape, which makes “King of Wines,” this Barolo features notes of cherry, star anise and smoke. Ca’Del Bosco Franciacorta, a blend of three vintages and grapes, has crisp apple and pear flavors. Sicilian Olio Geraci sells extra virgin olive oil made from hand-picked Nocellara olives. Each bottle comes in a unique, hand-painted ceramic jar. Filled with Sicilian pistachio cream and topped with cocoa and pistachio crumbs, iBorsari’s panettone, a traditional Italian holiday bread, works as a dessert or a gift.

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WORSHIP

By MATTHEW RUFFNER

Present for the present L i ve i n t h e m o m e n t t h i s h o l i d ay sea so n

WORSHIP

ne of the gifts in my life and in my particular vocation is the diversity of people I meet with every week. Diverse in every sense of the word. I often experience a moment of epiphany or awakening that points to the universal truths found throughout life in those meetings. I understand those moments as Spiritfilled. I am awakened to the presence of the Spirit, and at that moment, I can see what has been true the entire time. One such moment happened this past week. I met with a “mature” person in our congregation, and throughout that conversation, they shared, “If I had known as a young parent what I know now, I would have cherished ever y second I could. I would have spent less time focused on manners during those wild family dinners and more time enjoying the chaos!” It is when we look back on life that we can see what matters most. It can be a struggle for us to be present to the presence of the divine in our ordinary lives. Throughout every faith tradition, mystics have emerged to point us to the wisdom path found in being present. Though, it begs the question, “What is a mystic?” Mark Vancil, Michael Jordan’s biographer, once wrote about Michael Jordan: “Most people struggle to be

present. People go and sit in ashrams for 20 years in India, trying to be present. Do yoga, meditate, trying to get here, now. Most people live in fear because we project the past into the future. Michael is a mystic. He was never anywhere else. His gift was not that he could jump high, run fast, shoot a basketball. His gift was that he was completely present.” I love that definition. A mystic is someone who is able to be present to the present. They know that the invitation has always been and will forever be to “live here now,” “be here now.” So as we enter this season of traditions that will lead us to holiday tables and gatherings, may we be present to the present. For in seeking to live that way, we will be awakened to the divine presence. May it be so, my dear friends.

His gift was not that he could jump high, run fast, shoot a basketball. His gift was that he was completely present.

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With great hope, Matthew REV. MATTHEW RUFFNER is the Senior Pastor at Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church. He is a husband to Sarah Ruffner and a father of two. You can follow Matthew on Instagram at @thismatthewruffner and visit phpc.org to watch the church’s live stream and listen to sermons.For information about helping support the Worship section, call 214.560.4202.

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C L ASS I C A N D M UST- R E A D T I T L ES F RO M N E I G H BO R H O O D AU T H O RS Want to snuggle in and turn some pages this holiday season? We’ve got you covered with these easy and accessible book selections from Preston Hollow authors. THE ELEPHANT OF BELFAST Do you ever wonder what award-winning authors read and recommend? Ben Fountain, Preston Hollow’s author of acclaimed novel Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk has shared his enthusiasm for S. Kirk Walsh’s 2021 debut novel stating that it knocked him flat and picked him up several times, leaving him feeling changed and experienced by the end.

THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS: A SCREENPLAY This is a perfect gift for any movie buff or Owen Wilson fan. This book puts the entire screenplay in your hands. The movie’s witty and sharp dialogue is captured within, and it’s sprinkled with movie scene snapshots and scenes that didn’t make the final cut.

THE MOMENT OF LIFT: HOW EMPOWERING WOMEN CHANGES THE WORLD Melinda Gates’ 2019 book has been described as a poignant lesson in listening. It’s a memoir and call to action. She is compassionate and real while introducing readers to exceptional women and illustrating the importance and power of connecting with one and other. Lift others and lift yourself with this read.

PRESTON HOLLOW: A BRIEF HISTORY Jack Walker Drake, a budding young author and historian, recently wrote this book, which is full of architectural history. It outlines how the neighborhood has evolved over the years and includes photos and stories that he acquired in his neighborhood research.

BONUS: JENNA BUSH HAGER’S FAVES TODAY show host and Preston Hollow homegirl Jenna Bush Hager’s last few book club picks could make perfect gifts for your loved ones. The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles is a cross-country adventure told from multiple points of view, layering dynamic, unforgettable characters with suspense, humor and philosophy. Qian Julie Wang’s memoir Beautiful Country tells a revealing story of what it is like to grow up poor and undocumented in America, and how she rose above the challenges to define her own American dream.

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